Police, Jan. 15

State police at Hazleton said a refrigerated trailer was stolen from a business on North Park Drive in Humboldt Industrial Park, Hazle Township Friday at about 6:11 p.m.

Troopers said the 2004 Great Dane trailer was entered into a national crime database as stolen after it was reported to police Monday. It is owned by M&R Services Corp., Boyertown and was at U.S. Cold Storage during the theft.

Video surveillance footage is being reviewed and the case remains open pending additional investigation, troopers said.

He was arraigned the same day by Magisterial District Judge James Dixon, who set bail at $15,000. An affidavit of probable cause states he took $297.77 worth of merchandise from the store without paying for it.

Weatherly man charged with burglary, theft

A 21-year-old Weatherly man is in prison after police said he stole televisions from a Hazle Township business in May 2011.

Francis H. Kephart, 21, Weatherly, was charged by state police at Hazleton with burglary, criminal trespass, conspiracy and theft, all felonies and a summary offense for criminal mischief.

He was arraigned Thursday by Magisterial District Judge James Dixon, who set bail at $10,000, court papers state.

The charges are related to the theft of 12 flat screen televisions that were reported stolen from Ashley Furniture, Airport Road. The TVs were valued at $4,888 and were stolen after someone pried open a rear door to the business.

Pair charged with retail theft

A man and a woman, last living together in Frackville, are accused of stealing several sets of earrings from a Hazle Township store Dec. 11.

Jeffrey M. Dargis, 40, and Jennifer L. Richardson, 36, were charged with retail theft and conspiracy to commit retail theft by state police at Hazleton.

According to court papers, both were accused of taking five sets of 14 karat gold earrings from a jewelry display case that was found broken into at Kmart. The jewelry was valued at $2,199.95 in total, police wrote.

Both were arraigned by Magisterial District Judge James Dixon, who set bail at $10,000 each.

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